The Death Mage that doesn't want a fourth time

128 The leaping sphere of flesh

After finishing eating curry with everyone, Vandalieu informed Iris and her companions about the reincarnated individuals with the exception of the now-destroyed Death Scythe, warning them to be careful.

Each person's name, the cheat-like abilities they possessed and the attributes of magic that they were proficient in. And what the reincarnated individuals had in common with each other.

Explaining that cheat-like abilities were like unique skills gave the inhabitants of Lambda a good idea of what they were. And it was convenient because no matter how impossible-seeming and outlandish the cheat-like abilities were, inhabitants of Lambda generally accepted it, saying, "That's the kind of unique skill it is," and, "It's a unique skill so there's nothing to think about."

This was because in the past, there had been newly-discovered unique skills that defied previously-existing reason and knowledge.

The reason Vandalieu had told them about the attributes of magic that the reincarnated individuals were proficient in was because he thought that if they were smart enough to keep their cheat-like abilities hidden rather than use them rashly like the 'Gungnir' Kanata had done, they would likely use magic.

Unlike Vandalieu, the reincarnated individuals apparently had the experience, knowledge and skills they possessed in Origin as skills from the moment they reincarnated in Lambda.

But if they were to be reincarnated in adult bodies, the thing that they would be relying on in addition to their cheat-like abilities was not martial skills, but magic.

The reincarnated individuals had received military training in Origin, and they had learned various combat techniques as well as how to use firearms. Kaidou Kanata had also possessed the Throwing and Unarmed Fighting Technique skills.

However, according to Legion, none of the Bravers who had died were masters in combat techniques.

They had reasonably high ability in military-style unarmed fighting and the use of knives, but most of them were simply at the level of "ordinary professionals." If converted to Lambda's skill levels, they would be mostly around level 5 or 6.

The only exceptions were apparently the 'Mage Masher' Minami Asagi and the 'Odin' Hazamada Akira.

As martial skills didn't exist in Origin, combat techniques were inferior to magic in all kinds of ways. This was especially true with the existence of modern weapons such as firearms and explosives.

Even so, masters of combat did exist in Origin, but... rather than aim to become such masters, the reincarnated individuals, having been given cheat-like abilities, had likely chosen to polish the use of their cheat-like abilities and magic.

And in Lambda, firearms and explosives didn't exist... The reincarnated individuals might become able to create gunpowder, but doing that would be equivalent to hanging up a sign that read, "Hi, I'm a reincarnated individual."

And according to Iris, a former believer of Alda, Alda's teachings stated that the champion Bellwood had forbidden the creation and use of a 'flammable black powder'... though not a single person had created such a powder in a hundred thousand years, so this was a taboo that had been all but forgotten, recorded in only the oldest, heaviest scriptures.

And although Rodcorte could grant reincarnated individuals the qualities and affinities for magic, he could not give them experience directly. If he could, there would have been no point in reincarnating them in Origin first.

That was why the reincarnated individuals wouldn't suddenly become new masters of elemental magic.

Thus, for the reincarnated individuals to take action without being able to rely on modern weapons or use martial skills, they had no choice but to use the elemental magic that they had been proficient with in Origin.